On Mon, 11 Apr 2005 17:39:35 -0400, "bob smith" wrote:

Something like this: http://www.zinsser.com/product_detail.asp?ProductID=77
claims to stop efflorescence.
Provided you get the existing efflorescence off the surface first by
the usual means===muriatic acid wash. What is sorely needed is a
means of killing it without the fumes rusting out everything in the
basement---inluding your lungs.
http://www.zinsser.com/pdf/TDB/WaterTiteTDB.pdf

I believe there are serious implications to consider when disturbing the
earth (to waterproof the exterior) down to the bottom of the foundation when
its under a driveway.
I thin just the issue of disturbing the earth is a problem. Had a
huge tree, next to the basement, roll on the house during Isabel.
Impossible to get the stump out and/or get to all walls of this
partial basement(Trust me), So, my water problems have started anew.